Leonard R. Gribble (134 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover, no dust cover. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing. Binding is intact. A slight musty smell.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Missing. New York, 1934; gray cloth covered boards; spine edges bumped; finger smudges on covers; dust jacket missing; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; gutter gap at second front end papers; musty odor present; Interior is clean and unmarked; 314 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and some soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st. 16mo, owner name, light edge wear, binding tight, very good in soiled, moderately worn jacket, now in protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. The author also wrote under his real name (Leo Grex).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. A nonfictional work by this prolific crime author & a founding member of the Crime Writers' Association. This is a compilation of "the greatest feats of crime detection in modern criminal annals" from England, France, Belgium, & the US, "not the most notorious,'' but cases "chosen for the brilliance of their detective work.undreamed of by Sherlock Holmes." In 314 pages with a Preface by the author, this is the First American Edition, first printing, from 1934.Condition is Good: light gray cloth over boards shows staining & soiling, heavy rubbing with mild fraying to both ends of spine & all corners. Interior pages are moderately tanned, with heavier offsetting to endpapers, but completely unmarked. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1978 FIRST EDITION true crime hardcover with dust jacket, published in the UK by John Long Ltd. Clean, well-preserved UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing and minor edge wear only, and remains bright, glossy and presentable. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. Nice copy! "In this true crime collection, Leonard Gribble has written on the compulsive theme of killers who, by design or anticipation, destroyed themselves in dramatic and at times nightmarish circumstances. Among them are the killer of two Australian sisters, murdered years apart; a man who died rather than face the woman he loved; and two thugs who brutalized a pair of Scottish pensioners. Yet another pair fled the Mau Mau only to be trapped in an Italian blood feud. Perhaps the most poignant story is that of a mother who, after some years, ventured to join her baby in death, while the most fearful is that of the American killer who beheaded a dozen victims in a unique and bizarre campaign of horror. Included also are a gang's 'enforcer' and a mystery murderer who contrived to electrocute himself. In short, these dozen cases comprise a terrifying record of intended human self-destruction that is always compelling as a document of human behaviour resorting to the limit of extremes.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1955 Roy 1st edition, Very Good/NO DJ, missing dustjacket, black covers with gold lettering on spine that reads fine, bump at heel of spine, square corners, no markings found, sound binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Leonard R. Gribble. The Terrace Suicide Mystery. NY: P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1929 (?), reprint of Doubleday 1st edition, 329 pp. *** An English murder mystery. The important question is posited on the title page - "If it really was suicide - who shaved the dead man's face?" Well, leave it to detective Slade to find the answer. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Black cloth boards with red lettering on front cover and on spine, Crime Club logo in red on front cover. Covers are clean with small blemish near top of front hinge, some minor spotting. Contents are clean and complete in a firm binding. VG+ condition. *** 7.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover book with black cloth boards (moderate soiling) with red lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean red decorated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Rose red top-stained upper page edges. 320 pages. …

Condition: Good. 1941. 204 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. UNCOMMON. FIRST EDITION, 1975! UK Edition hardcover with dust jacket. Sturdy binding & unmarked pages. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor scratching, but overall is bright and presentable. Extremely minor smudging at page edges. Overall, a very nice copy.

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 360 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 231 pages. Selected and edited by Leonard R. Gribble. Front hinge cracked but not broken. Inscription on blank sheet following front free endpaper. Corners rubbed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Novel, mystery. Later printing. Covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, spine faded. Owner name on the first endpaper, interior clean and tight, book slanted. Uncommon title.

Condition: Good. 1944. First Published. 204 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Boards are moderately bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Board corners are bumped. Sunning to spine and board edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Harsh fade to spine and upper margin, with some old staining to rear panel - bleeding sl to middle of spine, small smudge to top edge inside rear bd, tanning to text block edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages.

Condition: Good. 1929. First Published. 231 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First U.S. edition. Bumped and rubbed, drip stains to the boards with a very faint damp stain to the edge of the front free end paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 0091400201. Green cloth hardcover, d/w, has light shelf and corner wear. A collection of true crime cases, where killers slay their victims with malice aforethought, with bizarre and startling results. Meet multiple killers who used poison, a Frenchwoman who preferred a dead lover to one living, a New England woman who waited seven years for retribution. Contents are clean, tight and bright. Book.…

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 360 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 5 X 7 1/2 inches high. xiv, 231 pages. Condition of the book is GOOD; Spine ends worn, some lines in the margins for emphasis, some in pencil, some in pen. Poetry stack.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Wartime published book extolling the heroics of the RAF in the War. Includes 12*vignettes of the RAF (1*Fleet Air Arm) during the Second World War. Includes b/w photographs. 192pp. Blue boards, faded and rubbed at edges. Two gift inscriptions to front free endpaper.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 184 pages; Description: 184 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Murder--Case studies. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hb, no d/w, 204pp, plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated 1st edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Black cloth over boards, red letters. Clean, lightly scuffed covers and spine; few faint spots on covers; tightly bound; owner names in pencil on front free end paper; bright, clean interior. 12mo, 320 pp.…